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Teen band to perform on TV
The Southern Indiana teen band Beyond Doubt from Jeffersonville will be on the WHAS-TV show “Great Day Live” at 9 a.m. Friday, July 6.
They will also be playing at 8 p.m. Friday at The Bard’s Town in Louisville and at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at the Madison Regatta.
Ivy Tech hosting open house
Ivy Tech Community College Southern Indiana is hosting an open house on the campus of Ivy Tech, 8204 Ind. 311, Sellersburg from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 10.
The event is free and open to the public. Prospective Ivy Tech students and members of the public are welcome to attend. Visitors can tour Ogle Hall, which features an art gallery and new state-of-the-art classrooms. The newly remodeled Pfau Hall will also be open to the public. Representatives from various college programs will be in attendance to answer questions.
Those interested in learning more about taking classes at Ivy Tech can attend information sessions about financial aid and student life or interact with a student panel to learn more about what it’s like to be a student at Ivy Tech.
Free ice cream will be provided by Chiller’s. For more information, contact Meredith Wright at 812-246-3301 ext. 4315.
NEW ALBANY
Society to have special presentation
Steve Rafferty, president of the Ancestral Trails Historical Society, will present “Ancestral Trails: What We Have To Offer” at the meeting today, July 5, of the Southern Indiana Genealogical Society. The ATHS works to preserve cemeteries, historic buildings, public records and historical and genealogical collections. Its focus is on 10 Kentucky counties and Harrison County.
The meeting time is 7 p.m., in the Strassweg Auditorium of the New Albany-Floyd County Library, 180 W. Spring St., New Albany,.
For more information, visit http://www.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~insigs/nextmeet.htm.
Book sale set for Saturday
The Friends of the New Albany Library will hold a book sale in the library’s Annex Building from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 7.
All books in the crafts, hobbies and collectibles section will be discounted by 50 percent. Regular prices are $1 for hardbacks; 50 cents for videos, DVDs, paperbacks and CDs; 25 cents for audio book cassette tapes; and 10 cents for magazines and music cassette tapes. Children’s books are available at prices of $1 or less.
CHARLESTOWN
Rose Island holding auditions
Rose Island Playhouse Community Theatre will hold auditions for Pat Cook’s comedy “Hit the Road, Jack,” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 7, at the Charlestown Arts & Enrichment Center, 999 Water St., Charlestown.
The cast consists of six women ages 20 to 60 and five men ages 20 to 60. The auditions will be cold readings.
For more information call 812-256-5105.
JEFFERSONVILLE
ArchiCamp offered to kids
Indiana Landmarks and the Howard Steamboat Museum will offer a two-day ArchiCamp for children ages 8-12 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. July 16-17 at the Howard Steamboat Museum, 1101 E. Market St., Jeffersonville.
Participants spend both days discovering the history of Jeffersonville and its landmark architecture. Campers will travel back in time to the 19th century when they tour the Howard Steamboat Museum and historic downtown Jeffersonville, try their hand at using historic tools and play steamboat-related games. There will be plenty of hands-on activities, including model building and a scavenger hunt.
Cost of the camp is $30 and includes refreshments, educational materials and souvenirs. Campers should bring a sack lunch both days. Enrollment for the camp is limited to 20 children. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. Reservations must be made by Monday, July 9. For more information, contact Laura Renwick at Indiana Landmarks, 812-284-4534 or lrenwick@indianalandmarks.org.
18th drug court graduation set
Judge Jerry Jacobi and The Clark County Drug Treatment Court Program will host its 18th graduation at 3:30 p.m. July 12 in Clark Superior Court No. 2.
The Clark Superior Court No. 2 and Judge Jerry Jacobi operate one of only 25 adult drug courts in the state, certified by the Indiana Supreme Court. Judge Jacobi will honor 10 graduates for their rehabilitative efforts. A reception will immediately follow the graduation. The public is invited to attend.
Auditions set for RiverStage show
RiverStage, Jeffersonville’s floating entertainment venue docked at the end of Spring Street in Jeffersonville, will hold auditions for “Kentuckiana’s Got Talent,” at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 28.
All kinds of talent are sought to be showcased in an Aug. 24 show on RiverStage.
The auditions will be at Simmonds’ Performing Arts, 2101 Woodland Court in Jeffersonville.
For more information, contact Producer Patty Simmonds at 502-551-2709.
